The Overly Over Committed
If you haven’t noticed it by now, you might be a bit too over committed. It’s a habit that most Pepperdine students tend to have. I am not sure if it is a culture phenomena or if it’s due to pressure. These students tend to be in literally everything. From taking on too many class, to having too many extracurricular activities. By no means does being over committed state that you are over the top, it just means that you have too much on your plate and perhaps you should take a break. If you happen to be the type of person who gets stressed really easily or hasn’t had much time to sleep because you have too much going on, maybe it’s time to start thinking of which activities you want to put aside. Here’s a way to know if you or someone else might be over committed.
Lack of Sleep
Have you been feeling tired lately? Falling asleep in class? Or are you just thinking very hard with your eyes closed? Not enough sleep is definitely a result of being too over committed. You are in so many activities that sometimes you don’t have time to do your work for your actual classes. This forces you to have to stay up late finishing those assignments or even studying for that exam. You can definitely find some of those students sleeping in class, library, common areas, and well basically anywhere there’s a place to sleep.
Ambitious
Overcommitted people tend to be ambitious too. They have so much drive to succeed and never let anything stop them. Having ambitious is a very good thing. It gets you finishing items you need to accomplish. It also lets you set goals for yourself that you know you’ll surpass.
They always want to be overcommit
You just can’t say no. This is differently one of the struggles for someone who is overcommitted. They haven’t figured out that saying no is okay. Don’t feel bad if you need to do something else, don’t drown yourself with too many events and realize you can’t handle it.
Procrastinator
Let’s face it. Sometimes when we have so much to do or are committed in so much we barely have enough time for our homework. Overcommitted people have been known to do things literally last minute. Now not all over committed people are procrastinators, there’s a good handful who are good at planning ahead. Yet, you can’t fully escape those moments when you wait last minute to do something. Take for example, I am procrastinating to this very moment on many assignments I need to finish tonight.
Need a planner
You just need a planner! You have so much going on that you can’t always keep track. Well guess what! An over committed person has a planner. Okay, maybe not all over committed people have planners, but most do. I know that I have a planner to keep track of all the events I need to attend.